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quencher

/ˈkwentʃə/KWEN-chur
/ˈkwɛntʃɚ/KWEN-chur

Meaningone that puts out

Common meaning: a person or thing that quenches

Journey through time

  1. Old Englishcwencan‘in the comp’sourceB&T
  2. Middle Englishquenchensource
  3. Englishquench‘to put out a fire’
  4. Englishformed in English from quenchquencher‘a person or thing that quenches’ · today

Sources & notes

Inferred source: no dictionary we use has an entry for this exact word. Its history is worked out from closely related, listed words in the same family, and we are trusting that link, so bear that in mind. Inferred meaning: one that puts out. It can be inferred from any of: quench.

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Formed in English from quench + -er (inferred: this exact word is not listed in our dictionaries).

Source words

  • cwencan Old English · source word “extinguishing”

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